Confessions
of a Personal Trainer is a true story(ies) about my job as a
therapist/doctor/dominatrix/personal trainer at Equinox, a luxury gym in the
heart of Manhattan. It's about how I fell into the work in the first place
and why, despite it being soul-sucking, I choose to keep at it.

What does Edinburgh mean to you?

That
I have finally started to trust the quality of my work.

Who inspires you and why?

Literally
my clients. Half of my material comes from who they are and what they've told
me in our sessions. I would not be at the Fringe if not for them. And yes, I
have their consent.

Describe your best or worst
experiences on stage.

Last
November I performed this show just two months after losing a close client to a
sudden death. Her partner and friends were in the audience. When I got to her
section, my mouth got so dry that I couldn't speak properly. I made a bit out
of the amount of water I was consuming but I wasn't fooling anyone.

Describe your best or worst review.

I
had one that was both. Broadwayworld Baltimore reviewed my college performance
in Las Meninas where I was playing the
double role of Queen Mother and Mother Superior. I was praised, but then called
a little too young and a little too lispy.

If you weren’t a performer, what would you
be?

A
peddler of juice elixirs and responsibly sourced bone
broth.

What was the last book you read?

The
Wages of Sin by Edinburgh's own Kaite Welsh!

Describe your fitness routine

I
don't have a fitness routine. For fun I practice HEMA: Historic European
Martial Arts. I am new but doing well with German Longsword.

Imagine that the BBC have asked you to
produce a primetime show. What would it be and who else would be
involved?

I
would love to adapt The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potszch into a
miniseries. It would be a crime show about survival, fighting the
patriarchy from the confines of oppression and also family values, told from
the perspective of the hangman's daughter Magdalena. We would see witch
trials, torture and 17th century healing practices and ultimately
the triumph of good over evil.

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